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Megahobby Expo 2019 Images and News Indexhttps://withthewill.net/threads/21676-Megahobby-Expo-2019-Images-and-News-Index?goto=newpost
Sat, 25 May 2019 06:58:41 GMTSome fun news the lat few days
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At Megahobby Expo 2019 Spring we got a few...Some fun news the lat few days

At Megahobby Expo 2019 Spring we got a few different neat pieces of news.

A news index of the last few days, along with just some more images of the event seemed like a good idea.

The talk with Kenji Watanabe took place. We don't have any sort of transcription at the moment, but apparently Agumon showed up to let everyone know there was something to announce (this was seemingly the ULForceV-dramon figure.)

Various images above from MegaGirlsHobby(2), us_ath, yukinoph, kyoukenmaru, and digimon_info.
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Sat, 25 May 2019 05:39:14 GMTThis is a nice one!
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After being announced last year...This is a nice one!

The placard says it's planned for release in 2020 and the price is currently undecided.
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Fri, 24 May 2019 20:50:49 GMTA bit of con news!
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With Anime Expo 2019 a little over a month away, we have info for an...A bit of con news!

On Saturday, July 6th at 10am in Live Programming 5 (room LACC 404AB) there will be a panel called 'The Future of Digimon'.

The panel description on the Anime Expo website gives some basic information, along with showing the panel is being presented by both Toei and Bandai:
Come to a digi-monumental panel presented by Toei Animation and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America! Join us as we talk about the Digimon brand, watch new trailers, Q&A session, giveaway prizes, and more!

A few interesting teases there, which will hopefully pan out. The panel is scheduled to run for an hour.

Hopefully we get some good info in the panel and some Digimon related guests get announced for the panel and convention.

In addition, on top of the normal range of people who offer to take pictures and be on the floor and at panels for us, I'll be at Anime Expo this year for the entire convention.

We'll update with any further special Digimon stuff that gets announced for Anime Expo.

Anime Expo 2019 is at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 4th thru 7th with a pre-show night on July 3rd.
]]>Announcements and NewsMarcFBRhttps://withthewill.net/threads/21673-Future-of-Digimon-Panel-at-Anime-Expo-2019Adventure Multi Cases from Sunstar at Premium Bandaihttps://withthewill.net/threads/21669-Adventure-Multi-Cases-from-Sunstar-at-Premium-Bandai?goto=newpost
Fri, 24 May 2019 01:42:37 GMTNew stuff!
https://images.withthewill.net/adventure_multicase_large1_may23_2019.jpg...New stuff!

But there is some new stuff to show, and these look... shockingly useable?

We have a couple of multiple use cases (multi cases) from Sunstar. First up...

Large multi cases! These come in both crest and Digimon designs. The crest design has a circuit board motif (with a few familiar lines and shapes on top of it) while the Digimon design uses the characters Adventure key art with a hexagonal pattern. Both have very clean and crisp looking designs with a bit of silver foil for a sparkling finish.

Each case measures roughly 8.7 wide x 11 height x 0.8 deep in inches.

Inside on the side you can see a debossed Botamon in both large cases. The cases feature various pockets and holders that can carry many things. They give various recommendations on what might fit inside including: cards, pens, notes, documents, calculators, and notebooks.

The back features an area where you can slide something in and still see it via a clear window. This area can still be accessed without opening up the case, and they show it off with a notebook in it.

Updated above since pre-orders are open. They also have a note that orders may close after an unstated number of sales.

In addition, small multi cases will also be available (many of the details below will be the same as they were for the large cases, but not all.)

The small multi cases also feature both crest and Digimon designs. The crest design has a circuit board motif (with a few familiar lines and shapes on top of it) while the Digimon design uses the characters Adventure key art with a hexagonal pattern. Both have very clean and crisp looking designs with a bit of silver foil for a sparkling finish.

Inside on the side you can see a debossed Botamon in both cases. The cases feature various pockets and holders that can carry many things. They give various recommendations on what might fit inside including: cards, pens, notes, receipts, passports, and tickets. Interestingly, they also show US dollars, so perhaps (hopefully) these might get some easy to nab international distribution? (Likely it's just to show, but we can hope.)

The back features an area where you can slide something in and still see it via a clear window. This area has a separate snap to securely hold the item in, and they show it with a boarding pass inserted.

Also, the Digimon Adventure 20th Staff Twitter posted an image... (Update- The tweet got pulled and reposted a few times, minus the image shrinking a bit, and potentially a typo being fixed, it appears to otherwise be the same post.)

It doesn't appear to have anything to do with them being on display at Megahobby, just showing off some production samples, but it should give anyone thinking about buying one (or more) a nice and more 'real world' look at them.

You'll want to contact an intermediary to get these items sent to you. WtW is not affiliated with any, but here are a selection of intermediaries that have worked well for various WtWers and their friends in the past:From JapanRider ProxyNippon-Yasan

The Bandai Premium store has also chosen to affiliate themselves/recommend a few potential shops to be used as intermediaries for non-Japanese buyers:BuyeeFrom Japan (this From Japan link shows various items that they waive commission fees for.)Samurai BuyerDEJapan

You'll want to provide your chosen intermediary with the link to the item. Just copy paste the link to the product pages for what you want and send them a message about it and they'll take care of it after they discuss pricing and their policies with you. The links embedded in the news article for the products are exactly what you'll need to send them.

Some of the intermediaries have a full storefront and may have the item listed, so you may want to check that first.
]]>Announcements and NewsMarcFBRhttps://withthewill.net/threads/21669-Adventure-Multi-Cases-from-Sunstar-at-Premium-BandaiEnglish Digimon 20th Anniversary V-Pet Info, Images, and Updateshttps://withthewill.net/threads/21667-English-Digimon-20th-Anniversary-V-Pet-Info-Images-and-Updates?goto=newpost
Wed, 22 May 2019 23:20:09 GMTUpdates!
Image: https://gallery.withthewill.net/albums/userpics/10002/normal_digimon_vpet20thenglish_1boxfront_may22_2019.jpg ...Updates!

With info having drip-feeded for nearly half a year from vague to more solid, and with us having gotten some additional info and images from Bandai, a general catchup article seeded warranted for the upcoming English release of the Digimon 20th Anniversary V-Pet.

The new English V-Pets are equivalent to the Digital Monster Version 20th released a few years in Japan (with anything necessary in English.) The new V-Pets should have all the features the Japanese release did, minus the ability to output passwords to use in the D-1 Grand Prix online tournaments. They 'should' have the same Digimon also, but until more people get their hands on them to run through them, we aren't sure of that.

The US release of these will be $20 and be available from Gamestop, Amazon, and other retailers.

Pre-Orders in the US as of the time of this posting are only available so far IN STORE at Gamestop. You have to go to the store, and give them the SKU 191562. At that point you can pay the full price, or put down $5. They may refer to it as 'Digimon Digivice' and/or simply 'Digivice'. Various Bandai documentation is using these terms, and Bandai was using the name even in response to questions I sent them. This is the correct item. We expect it to be listed online at Gamestop and other stores soon. Pre-purchasing in store it isn't clear if you get a random color, or if you choose at time of pickup which you want.

Our Brick is the same color as the Japanese Brown (the red one with brown on secondary elements. Some places are calling this 'Brown' in the English release also.) Gray is the same color as it was in Japan. Blue and Yellow are colors that were used in the original release, but not in the Japanese 20th release.

The EBGames Australia listing when it was up apparently specified an exclusive egg for each. The 5 Japanese 20th V-Pets each had an exclusive egg. When asked about the special eggs, how they may work, and if there might be a 5th release (possibly as a con exclusive) the response from Bandai was they are releasing 4 colors with no further clarification on anything related to special eggs.

A watermarked version of the manual to the new English V-Pet can be found here. It goes over various details and is largely what you would expect for an English version of the 20th V-Pet. If you plan to get one reading over it ahead of time will likely be helpful.

We have a thread for discussion of the new V-Pets, where you can also get help once they are out. The thread can be found here.

Thanks to Bandai for the images and info, and Tama-Palace for the manual and some prior info.
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Wed, 22 May 2019 19:22:23 GMTHey guys I just got a Digivice D3 but I have a question is there a way to turn the sound off or mute it? I can't seem to find it and I didn't get a manual with it thank you if anyone can answer this.
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Wed, 22 May 2019 09:46:21 GMTBit of a surprise before the event this weekend...
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With...Bit of a surprise before the event this weekend...

With Megahobby Expo 2019 Spring this weekend, another item has been announced!

But now they've shown off a shikishi. It appears this will be the raffle prize (whether it's the top prize, or they are giving out prints, or perhaps even other items isn't clear at the moment.)

The shikishi by Kenji Watanabe features BlackWarGreymon using his newest and most amazing attack (which I've just made up the name of) Mochi Force!

Being that the early products on sale at the event are...

Precious GEM BlackWarGreymon and Stuffed Collection Mochimon, the image makes a lot of sense, while also being quite fun.

Hopefully more to come from Megahobby Expo 2019 Spring!

The image at the top was upscaled for easier viewing, the original image is provided below.

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Wed, 22 May 2019 00:46:24 GMTI've lurked WtW on and off for years now, always ogling V-Pet threads, as those don't ever come out in my country (Brazil). I'd always considered importing, but our currency is worth absolutely nothing and i've only recently started to earn any money at all, thanks to landing a paid internship, so for a while i forgot about this forum and Digimon in general (mostly, i've still replayed World Championship on my 3DS from time to time).
Well, recently an american friend of mine has offered to send me the 20th Anniversary V-Pet as a birthday gift, since it comes out around the same time as my birthday. This came out of left field and roundhoused me right back into the Digimon obssession i had suppressed for years.
And since i'll finally have a V-Pet, i might as well finally bite the bullet and create an account on here.
Still no PS4 to play the RPGs, though... come on, they're Digital Monsters, give me a PC port already ;-;
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Tue, 21 May 2019 23:31:57 GMTInterviews!

Supervisor (& original Adventure producer) Hiromi Seki and Producer Yosuke Kinoshita have been doing the rounds for early promotional interviews lately for the upcoming Digimon Adventure 20th film (which we may have a title for...)

We have a bunch of translated content from a couple of these, which includes a few surprises, letting us know of changes made during production already, along with some vague hints at the director.

Both were translated by onkei, and are written in the 3rd person in many cases. Elements at times have been cleaned up by me.

1. Who is your favorite child and Digimon pair?
Kinoshita: Jou and Gomamon. Gomamon is snubby towards Jou at first, but once he acknowledges him, he becomes very obedient and supportive. He liked watching that transform. Also, Gomamon is just cute.
Seki: Taichi and Agumon. Their relationship was the core of the series, and she has deep feelings for them particularly because her involvement with them was the longest, going from their character designs to how they speak to how they determined which voice actors to use. She also, to her surprise, likes Mimi and Palmon for their bright personalities and quirks.

2. What views do you have of the 20th anniversary Digimon film?
Kinoshita: He'd like it if the people who loved the series in 1999 enjoyed it with their children. That's the sort of content he's aiming for.
Seki: "Digimon Adventure" made 20 years ago had a partial worldview of a "digital" world. In our current times, there are many things in the real world that are made up of "digital" things. So she thinks that if "Digimon" is to continue 10-20 years from now, it would need a stage where the digital and the analog mutually prosper from each other. She thinks that the "analog world" will be the hint to the digital world continuing to evolve and becoming a better world.

3. Describe your roles for the movie
Kinoshita: As producer, he has to decide on things being finalized and the direction of where he wants the film to go. If Seki (as supervisor) thinks that his decision is wrong, she'll tell him so, and if he's hesitating over something, he discusses it with her. When working on the screenplay, Seki didn't hesitate on stating her opinions on it since she was also a former writer.
Seki: It's easy to say the children and Digimon have a partnership, but difficult to make concrete lines for. She feels that it's her role to bring clarity to anything that is described vaguely.

4. What "evolutions" can we expect in the new movie?
Kinoshita: There's a new gadget. The animation will be a reflection of the times it is set in, as well as the gadget. There are also streets that match the times back then. Also, when people grow up and enter society, their community and world expands. He wants to expand the story in the same way. That's the kind of "evolution" he wants to go for.
Seki: The size of the characters' hands and feet (drawn by Nakatsuru) are different! Their hands and feet are smaller now that they've grown up. That's evolution, in a way. With adult proportions, the characters will be able to make large actions and performances. She thinks that we'll be able to see new forms of expression.

Some of this we got earlier from onkei based on what little could be made out of an early photo, but now we have much more information.

Kinoshita says the illustration of Taichi and Agumon (from the initial poster) is actually taken out of a scene in the movie. There were several other options but their final choice came down to this illustration, which they felt was the closest depiction of the movie's theme.

-Goals of the movie
Kinoshita: "First of all, to make it something that even people who have never seen the "Digimon" series will enjoy. On top of that, we're thinking of making it into a story that fully depicts "bonds." In fact, during our first conference, one of the things we discussed was "What kind of story should we make?" "What word describes 'Digimon'?" and at that time, Seki said "Digimon is about 'bonds' and everyone agreed on that."
Seki: "'Bonds' is easy to say, but there are so many different ways to show it and not enough ways to completely show it either. So, we began by examining how "the partnership between monster and chosen child" should be perceived. 'When drawn like this, could it be called a bond?' 'How does this conversation show the bond between them?' etc. We used these questions on each setting and line to flesh them out. We believe that from the accumulation of this work, there will be a "Digimon" that is the ideal for what we and the fans want Digimon to be."

-Jou and Koushiro's new character designs were approved from their first draft. The slowest to draft was Taichi's. His image only solidified after Nakatsuru drew the key visual.
-Nakatsuru drew versions of Taichi with different goggle designs. Kinoshita says that "There was a version of Taichi with VR goggles as well, but Taichi's goggles are an important item that make up his identity so once we starting applying our concepts into the scenario, we began to say that we should have his usual goggles in this case. That's why, in the end, we reverted back to his original goggles." [So the VR goggles isn't a story element, rather they just were an early production element that has since been removed.]
-Nakatsuru's character designs are already finished at the time of this interview, but Seki and Kinoshita say that we may get the opportunity to see more of his illustrations for various things somewhere later on.

-Since the theme of the magazine interview is about "growth," the interviewer asks who they think grew the most within the series. Kinoshita answers "Yamato" because he thinks his growth is the most obvious by looking him. "Yamato's growth was pretty stereotypical and the way he got back on track was the most nicely done. I think the growth process that relieved everyone most in the group is probably Yamato's."
Seki agrees that "Yamato is a broad-minded boy who has a grasp of the situations of others around him."

-In closing, Seki says that her thoughts on "Digimon" is that it is a series that has both "grown with the times as well as being in the style that reflects the times it was placed in. There aren't many series who have the power and potential to develop new things even after time has passed. That is why I think that "growth" and "ubiquity" are Digimon's biggest charm. As well as the "bit of foresight into the future" of the times."
Kinoshita: "The slightly advanced digital technology and gadgets in Digimon are also incredibly important in helping to shape the setting."
Seki: "Yes. That's why it is important in Digimon that one has a good grasp of the current technology while using it to provide dreams for what could happen with that technology in the near future. I believe that only the people who understand this will be able to continue creating 'Digimon' in future. I can't name names yet, but the director of the theatrical release is someone very capable. I've already looked through their storyboard and from it, I felt that they are a creator who not only has high understanding but has a clear philosophy."
Kinoshita: "While I've inherited the soul of 'Digimon' that has been built up by Seki and various veteran staff, I'm working very hard combining powers with the movie director to bring something suitable for the 20th year anniversary."

-Seki's thoughts on how the kids would celebrate Children's Day was put together into three mini-stories.
Taichi and Hikari: Taichi would eat the oak leaf on the kashiwa-mochi and Hikari would reprimand him. 'Brother, it's not sakura-mochi, so you can't eat the leaf!'
Hikari and Takeru: Hikari would choose to eat white kashiwa-mochi with koshian, and she would share half with Takeru and vice-versa so they can compare tastes.
Sora and Mimi: Sora would choose the kusa-mochi with shiroan and say "The contrast between the green and white is so pretty!" and show Mimi, who would say back "Isn't there any with strawberries or salty azuki beans in it?" to which everyone would reply "It's not strawberry daifuku!"

A bunch of stuff to look over which goes into details on the thoughts of some of the major staff members of the upcoming film. A lot of it is standard interview fluff, but there is a decent bit telling us where they think the film is going, and even a few bits of where the franchise should potentially go in the years to come.

Huge thanks again to onkei for translating everything.
]]>Announcements and NewsMarcFBRhttps://withthewill.net/threads/21658-Seki-and-Kinoshita-Interviews-about-Adventure-20th-film-from-V-Jump-Web-amp-OtomediaGreetings from New Mexico!https://withthewill.net/threads/21657-Greetings-from-New-Mexico!?goto=newpost
Tue, 21 May 2019 20:53:17 GMTHello. Im Enbizaka. Im a relatively new Digimon fan. I've only seen Appmon and part of Xros Wars so far and i plan to play Cyber Sleuth and watch some more Digimon series soon! My favorite Appmon is Hackmon and my favorite Digimon is Reapmon.

As for more about myself. im not involved in any hobbies. I spend my days browsing the internet and playing games. Anything revolving around going outside isnt really my thing.

Hope to interact with all of you soon!
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Tue, 21 May 2019 18:16:53 GMThello everyone, im a digimon fan for the Chicago area that joined this forum after hanging around a bit on this discord. i collect everything digimon...hello everyone, im a digimon fan for the Chicago area that joined this forum after hanging around a bit on this discord. i collect everything digimon or well i want to at least. i started collect digimon vpets about at the end of last year and ever since i have falling in love with the things. im hoping to get my hand on some other things like figures for my shelf top as its pretty empty. what go me into digimon i have to say with anything was fox kids and the DVDs that i used to rent when i was younger but more over what made me come back was the story and my favorite season digimon tamers for a rewatch.

hope i can get along with everyone
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Tue, 21 May 2019 00:50:55 GMTDoes anyone else want a series that focuses on Digimon with X-antibody or the Olympos XII? Some of the XII have made appearances, but not the group...Does anyone else want a series that focuses on Digimon with X-antibody or the Olympos XII? Some of the XII have made appearances, but not the group as whole, and I think they would make an interesting plot device for a season, as either allies or antagonists. A series where people are partnered with X antibody Digimon seem cool to me too. Just want to know how others feel about this. (And how likely Toei is to actually implement said ideas, as we already got X-Evolution).
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Mon, 20 May 2019 22:45:45 GMTTime for a podcast!
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This Saturday (May 25th) will be our next live Digimon podcast at 2pm...Time for a podcast!

This Saturday (May 25th) will be our next live Digimon podcast at 2pm (Pacific time.)

This time we have a bunch of little news to go over, including V-Pets, mobile games, and some 20th Anniversary stuff, and we expect a few (potentially bigger) things to show up later this week to discuss.

AR won't be around this episode due to scheduling. Update- AR will indeed be around for the episode!

As usual, we're going to have title cards with images so live listeners can follow along easily.

After the news and any discussion topic we will be taking questions from the audience. If you can't make it but would like your question asked feel free to email it to podcast@withthewill.net or to my curiouscat (label it as for the podcast if you send it there.)

Join us live this Saturday- Livestream Here!
]]>Announcements and NewsMarcFBRhttps://withthewill.net/threads/21652-With-the-Will-Podcast-Live-Saturday-May-25thDigimon Ver.20th English Discussionhttps://withthewill.net/threads/21651-Digimon-Ver-20th-English-Discussion?goto=newpost
Mon, 20 May 2019 14:58:48 GMTAfter months and months of teasing and a whole lot of confusion, we FINALLY have a good idea of what the English Digital Monster pet releasing this...After months and months of teasing and a whole lot of confusion, we FINALLY have a good idea of what the English Digital Monster pet releasing this year will be! Here's what we know so far:

The device is a modified Digital Monster Ver.20th

The first major change is that everything is in English

Most major features of the DM20, including raising two digimon at once and selecting between multiple eggs are still included

Passwords for the D-1 Grand Prix have been removed

Poop frequency appears to be as high as the DM20 (so sorry)

At least the original 5 eggs are included, we don't know which special eggs are on each device

Gamestop will be selling it in the US for 20 USD. No information is on the site yet, but you can preorder in store using the SKU 191562 (they have been referring to it as a Digivice thusfar). You cannot choose color when preordering.

Most of the above information has been provided by Tamapalace, which their site can be found here: https://tamapalace.tumblr.com/. Not everything I've posted from their site, but DarkTamer Steph has been in contact with them to get as many details as possible.

The last time we got an actual Digimon Vpet released in North America was the original Digital Monster, so it's been over 20 years since we've had an official release! Those of you who have held off on getting a Vpet because of annoying importing costs and price gouging, you can now just buy one! No word on other regions yet, but at 20 USD, this device will at least be much cheaper to import from the US than the original DM20 was from Japan.

Support this release, fellow Digidestined! If you do, we might be able to show Bandai that the rest of the world still likes Digimon pets!
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